[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/12/14
Justin Levitt
levittj at lls.edu
Sun Oct 12 08:56:09 PDT 2014
The Latest Ms. McIntyre? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66752>
Posted onOctober 12, 2014 8:54 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66752>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
A federal court in Coloradohas blocked
<https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6BBPNUKUvKSNDFMc0pacUNDZXdPenMwLUxPaTFvMXlNaUhV/preview?pli=1>Colorado
from applying its reporting and disclosure law to a small nonprofit
weighing in on a ballot measure. The Coalition for Secular Government
argues for separation of church and state; its policy paper urging a
"no" vote on a personhood measure was insufficient to subject it to
Colorado's reporting and disclosure law. The Coalition describes the
casehere
<https://www.theobjectivestandard.com/2014/10/colorado-judge-todays-tom-paines-pamphlet-protected-speech/>.
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Devers' $5 Giveaways Are Legal, State Says"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66750>
Posted onOctober 12, 2014 8:54 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66750>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
The Kansas Office of Campaign and Political Financesays that giving away
$650 of $5 bills
<http://www.eagletribune.com/news/article_1b719865-188d-5c2b-a2ad-4d5ab53a1799.html>is
apparently all good under the state's campaign finance law.
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Demographics of American Office Holders
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66748>
Posted onOctober 12, 2014 8:53 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66748>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Seethis infographic
<http://colorlines.com/archives/2014/10/infographic_shows_white_mens_outsized_hold_on_us_elected_offices.html>.
Statistics on local officeholders, in particular, can be tricky to compile.
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Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
Va. Governor Changes Political Calculus for New Cong. Districts
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66746>
Posted onOctober 12, 2014 8:53 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66746>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/congressional-redistricting-could-give-governor-leverage/article_addc482d-a396-5475-bcec-4fbce9bb5237.html>,
it's been nearly 25 years since a Democratic governor signed off on
Virginia's plan to draw congressional districts.
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Posted inredistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
"Things to Know About Political Mapmaking in Ohio"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66744>
Posted onOctober 12, 2014 8:52 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66744>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
TheAP discusses
<http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Things-to-know-about-political-mapmaking-in-Ohio-5817756.php>the
redistricting-related work of theOhio Constitutional Modernization
Commission <http://www.ocmc.ohio.gov/ocmc/home>.
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Posted inredistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
"Voting Rights for Felons Issue Likely in 2014"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66742>
Posted onOctober 12, 2014 8:51 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66742>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
The director of public affairs at Mississippi State University took a
moment away fromthis
<http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=400548369>to talk
aboutfelony disenfranchisement
<http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/10/11/salter-voting-rights-felons-issue-likely/17111033/>.
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"Referendum Would End Election Day Voter Registration"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66740>
Posted onOctober 12, 2014 8:51 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66740>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
The Great Falls Tribunereminds its readers
<http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2014/10/12/referendum-end-election-day-voter-registration/17144093/>that
a repeal of EDR is on the ballot this fall in Montana.
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"Appeals Court Poised to Act Quickly in Texas Voter ID Case"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66738>
Posted onOctober 12, 2014 8:50 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66738>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Looks like
<http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/appeals-court-poised-to-act-quickly-in-texas-voter/nhg3S/?icmp=statesman_internallink_textlink_apr2013_statesmanstubtomystatesman_launch#53c68bb2.257402.735517>the
5^th Circuit may act by the end of the weekend or first thing next week.
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,election law and constitutional law
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=55>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
"High Court Buys Time for Action on Voter ID Laws"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66736>
Posted onOctober 12, 2014 8:47 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66736>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
The Boston Globe
<http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2014/10/10/supreme-court-rulings-buy-time-for-action-laws/DVyYN98tj6hPUJ3tZQeBiK/story.html?event=event25>on
the series of stays.
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,Supreme Court
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Appeals Court Dissenters Blister State's Voter I.D. Law"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66734>
Posted onOctober 12, 2014 8:46 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66734>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
TheJournal-Sentinel
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/appeals-court-dissenters-blister-states-voter-id-law-b99368734z1-278806271.html>reviews
the 7^th Circuit's5-5 split <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66650>over
rehearing thepanel opinion
<http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2014/D10-06/C:14-2059:J:Easterbrook:aut:T:fnOp:N:1429869:S:0>reversing
the lower court's injunction.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,election law and constitutional law
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=55>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
Ah, Direct Democracy... <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66731>
Posted onOctober 11, 2014 5:17 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66731>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
In a referendum
<http://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/2014/10/11/lawsuit-challenges-civil-rights-special-election/>,
does a "For" vote mean a vote in favor of an enacted ordinance, or a
vote in favor of its repeal? (An Arkansaslawsuit
<http://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/case-cv-2014-1846-6.pdf>seeks
an answer...)
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Posted indirect democracy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=62>
Odd NY Ballot Design (Again) <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66729>
Posted onOctober 11, 2014 5:11 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66729>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Apparently, some New York counties (this example
<http://tompkinscountyny.gov/files/boe/2014/Sample_Ballots/General/Sheet%2005.pdf>is
from Tompkins County) have prepared sample ballots for this November
that smoosh the Libertarian party nominees together with the nominees of
the Stop Common Core party, together on line "I".) New York has had
difficulties with ballot designbefore
<http://www.brennancenter.org/publication/design-deficiencies-and-lost-votes>.
I'd be curious to know if there's a 10-line constraint (and if so, what
the source of the constraint is). And if there is a 10-line constraint,
what determined which parties would have to share real estate?
(h/tRichard Winger
<http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/10/new-york-upstate-ballots-squeeze-libertarian-party-into-same-row-as-stop-common-core-party/>)
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Posted inballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>
Darryl Pinckney on NPR, discussing "Blackballed"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66727>
Posted onOctober 11, 2014 4:12 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66727>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Audio and transcript here
<http://www.npr.org/2014/10/11/355340484/author-supreme-court-usurped-congress-on-voting-rights>of
the interview aboutBlackballed
<http://www.nybooks.com/books/imprints/collections/blackballed/?insrc=wbc>,
which NPR describes as "a personal and historical reflection on the
struggle of black Americans for the right to vote."
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Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
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